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Enormous Dialect Map of North America
Rich Aschmann, a linguist, created a huge map of North America describing the boundaries and differences between various dialects of the English language. Keep scrolling down at the link, and you can...
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Bacon and Eggs Scarf
Etsy seller Ann Parri made this scarf out of tasty bacon and eggs. Or yarn. One of the those two options. The bacon parts are curled to make them more realistic. Link via The Agitator
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Sunbeam Nap
This delightful picture comes courtesy of redditor kimberleykitty. Save room for me, guys. Link via The Agitator
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Glass Beach
Glass Beach is a section of coastline in MacKerricher State Park in California. After World War II, it was used as a public dump for two decades until local officials halted the practice. Since that...
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Man Attacks Woman with Frozen Armadillo
Why? Probably because he didn’t have a two-toed sloth available: According to investigators, the altercation occurred when the suspect was selling the carcass to the victim, who planned to eat the...
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Woman Fined for Having Car Parked in the Same Spot since 208 AD
A woman in Sicily faced a massive fine for illegal parking when a police officer accidentally noted the year 208 instead of 2008: Police in Sicily issued a whopping 32,000 euros ($44,500) fine for an...
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The Swedish Christmas Straw Goat
Christmas is less than a month away, so it’s time to put up your Christmas straw goat. That’s what the town of Gävle, Sweden has done every year since 1966, although residents support the practice for...
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Tazer Ball Is Like Soccer, Except That the Players Are Armed with Tasers
Will Tazer Ball ever win the recognition that it deserves and become an Olympic sport? We don’t know. But even in the absence of that respect, members of the Toronto Terror and other teams will...
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Thanks for Clearing That Up
So those astronomy books that I just threw away weren’t wrong? This newspaper correction, allegedly from the Ottawa Citizen, comes a little too late. Link -via The Agitator | Ottawa Citizen
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Man Calls Police after Receiving Menacing Phone Call from His Dog
Bruce Gardner of Orem, Utah was just settling in for a day of work at his office when he received a phone call. No one spoke, but there was banging and scratching on the line. And the caller ID...
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